as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
police officers kept their hands on their truncheons
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Recent Examples of truncheon
Later, after riot police used truncheons and tear gas to disperse the people, demonstrators set up tent camps with barricades, self-defense units, and banners with revolutionary slogans.
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Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
One is lined with corporate PR speak, the other with police truncheons.
—WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
If the Second Amendment is not limited to firearms, Monday’s ruling also calls into question state-level bans on weapons like truncheons, saps, billy clubs, nunchucks, and the like.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
Two officers carrying truncheons run after a protester, who appears to fall, his glasses caught by the camera in midair.
—Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
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Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
One is lined with corporate PR speak, the other with police truncheons.
—WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
If the Second Amendment is not limited to firearms, Monday’s ruling also calls into question state-level bans on weapons like truncheons, saps, billy clubs, nunchucks, and the like.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
Two officers carrying truncheons run after a protester, who appears to fall, his glasses caught by the camera in midair.
—Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truncheon
Noun
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Greer kicked him in the ribs, stomped on his head and picked up Snellings’ cane and hit the victim with it, Hoffman said.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 May 2025
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Some carried their work briefcases, some American flags, some walked with canes, and others were pushed in wheelchairs…304,000 of them had been wounded in Vietnam.—
Stan Godlewski,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2025
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When more officers got to the scene, while officers held Nichols' arms and hit him with a barrage of kicks, punches, baton strikes and pepper spray.—
Jack Armstrong,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Video of the beating, captured by a police pole camera, showed Nichols being held by his arms as officers punched, kicked and struck him with a baton, according to reports from the AP and The Commercial Appeal newspaper.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Truncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truncheon. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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